Name: Stax Classics
Brand: The Staple Singers

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

7202456

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-06-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0888072024564

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Staple Singers

Genre GB

Blues / Gospel

Label GB

The new Stax Classics series celebrates the iconic label's greatest stars, offering new liner notes, label discographies and 12 choice cuts from the artists' Stax catalog. This collection highlights the music of The Staple Singers, who, when they joined the label, were already one of the biggest names in the gospel and folk world, and a respected voice in the civil rights movement. Their time at Stax brought the family band - consisting of Roebuck 'Pops' Staples and his daughters Mavis, Yvonne and Cleotha - to another level of stardom, with their breakout title, Be Altitude: Respect Yourself. Title track Respect Yourself, reached the Number Two position on Billboard's Soul / R&amp;B chart, while I'll Take You There, with its infectious beat, hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100. This album features these two hits, plus such favourites as Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom), The Weight (which they performed with The Band for The Last Waltz) and civil rights anthem Long Walk to D.C.

Stax Classics

Music GB